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WorksheetsForces and Motion
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
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Class
Date
1.
Mindy wants to find out the average distance that each of her six friends can throw a ball. She asks six friends of similar sizes and ages to throw a ball as far as possible from the same starting point. Mindy notices that one friend throws the ball much farther than the other five do. She wants her results to be accurate. What should Mindy do?
a)
Repeat the experiment for the person with the unusual result
b)
Repeat the experiment using a different friend as a replacement.
c)
Repeat the experiment and ignore the results of the first experiment
d)
Repeat the experiment two more times, and find averages for each of the six throwers.
2.
Which of the following examples is an example of a pulling force.
a)
Truck hauling a boat
b)
a friend standing behind someone who is in a swing wanting to swing higher
c)
riding a scooter
d)
a basketball player jumping to the goal.
3.
Stefan pushes a cart with three books so it just reaches the end of a track. Next he puts six books onto the cart. What must he do so that the cart reaches the end of the track?
a)
use less force
b)
use more force
c)
use the same amount of force
d)
use a different cart.
4.
Bob uses a stretched rubber band to propel a toy car across a flat surface. What force makes the car roll forward?
a)
a push for the air
b)
the pull of gravity
c)
a push from Bobs hand
d)
a push from the rubber band
5.
Jane likes to play many types of sports. During the course of a week, she goes bowling and plays soccer, baseball, and volleyball. Jane thinks the bowling ball requires the most force to move. Why would it require the most force?
a)
it has the most mass
b)
she has to throw it indoors
c)
she has to hold it in her hand
d)
its all black and the other balls have white on them.
6.
a rock is balance on the side of a hill. Although the rock is heavy, a gentle push moves it. How can a small forces cause a large mass to move?
a)
The direction of force is important to make an object move, but the amount of force is not
b)
the push on the rock increased the amount of friction, so the rock moved.
c)
The small push balanced the forces that were keeping the rock in place and caused it to move.
d)
The forces on the rock were balanced, and a small additional force caused them to be unbalanced.
7.
Ronny threw a ball into the air and watched it go up. Then is started to fall back toward him. What force caused the ball to start to move downward?
a)
friction
b)
gravity
c)
motion
d)
wind
8.
which vocabulary word is defined as forces on an object that are equal in size and opposite in direction
a)
unbalanced forces
b)
balanced forces
c)
gravity
d)
unequal forces
9.
__________ is a force that opposes motion
a)
laziness
b)
friction
c)
gravity
d)
physics
10.
If you threw a baseball and a basketball into the air with the same force the basketball would go the highest?
a)
True
b)
False
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